The body of Kyaw Myo Min — an NLD Hluttaw MP for Mon State’s Bilin township — was discovered yesterday, NLD and PDF members told DVB. He was one of a group of three NLD representatives captured and killed by troops during a June 22 offensive in Bilin. The politician’s body was discovered hidden in …
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SNLD submits to junta election monitor audit
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) has finally granted permission to the junta’s Union Election Commission (UEC) to investigate the party. The military had threatened to dissolve the SNLD, which won 42 seats in the state’s 2020 elections, if it did not submit to the UEC’s inspection. The reason the party granted permission to …
Junta's election body suspends minor party; NLD and SNLD face similar prospect
The Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS), a minority group with past affiliations to the NLD and All Burma Student’s League, has been forced to suspend operations after the party rejected the junta-controlled Union Election Commission’s (UEC) calls to investigate the party. The UEC said in a letter to the party that the junta …
Dead body of wife of NLD Mandalay chief dumped in street by soldiers following capture
The dead body of Daw Soe Soe, the wife of the NLD’s vice-chairman for Mandalay district, was found dumped in front of a fire station, six days after she was arrested and tortured by the military. It is believed that the woman was murdered by security forces who had captured her in an attempt to …
Tanintharyi Chief Minister latest NLD head to be sentenced by military
The deposed chief minister of Tanintharyi Region has been sentenced to a total of 11 years in prison, sources close to the politician have confirmed. Myint Maung, who was also acting NLD secretary for Tanintharyi, had been placed under house arrest at the ministers’ residence in Myeik on the day of the coup. A military …
Kayin State's NLD Chief Minister handed 75 years imprisonment
The ousted chief minister of Kayin State, has been sentenced to 75 years in prison on corruption charges, her lawyer, Zaw Min Hlaing, has told DVB. 67-year-old Nang Khin Htwe Myint was sentenced to 15 years in prison on each of five charges by the Karen State High Court this morning. The former chief minister …